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Vegan Chef Kills Ex And His Children Minutes After Posting Christmas Video
First Black Astronaut Gets Honored 50 Years Later
America’s first Black astro- naut received a long overdue honor earlier this month, 50 years after his tragic death.
Air Force Maj. Robert Lawrence Jr., a trailblazer who opened a door for people of color in STEM, was honored on Dec. 8 for his contributions to space exploration at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the Los Angeles Times reported. Hundreds of people gathered at the center to commemorate him, includ- ing NASA dignitaries, astro- nauts, Omega Psi Phi fraternity members, and school children.
After graduating high school at the age of 16, Lawrence earned a Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry from Bradley University at just 20 years old. Later, he ob- tained a doctoral degree in physical chemistry in 1965. In the ’60s, he was part of a clas- sified military space program created to spy on the Soviet Union. Had he not died in a plane crash on Dec. 8, 1967, at the age of 32, he would have certainly gone on to fly NASA shuttles to space.
However, his life was cut short when his F-104 Starfighter crashed at Ed- wards Air Force Base in Cali- fornia.
Although his career was
Air Force Maj. Robert Lawrence, Jr.
short-lived, Lawrence paved the way for other Black astro- nauts like Guy Bluford, who became the first African Amer- ican in space in 1983, and Dr. Mae Jemison, the first African American woman to travel to space in 1992.
According to the Los Ange- les Times, Lawrence’s family members have been fighting to get Lawrence the recogni- tion that he deserves for decades.
The Air Force would not im- mediately acknowledge that he was an astronaut since he did not have the opportunity to fly as high as the 1960s-re- quired altitude of 50 miles. It also took 30 years after his death before his name was added to the Astronauts Me- morial Foundation’s Space Mirror.
PHOENIX, AZ —- The man thought to have killed his es- tranged wife and two children on Christmas is a well-known vegan chef, author and motiva- tional speaker who suffered from depression, but recently turned his life around.
Police said Tuesday that Anthony Milan Ross was arrested late Monday night after exchanging gunfire with officers following a six-hour standoff in a Phoenix, Arizona apartment complex, according to AZ Central.
The 45-year-old has been charged with three counts of first-degree murder and more than a dozen counts of aggra- vated assault on an officer. He wasn't hurt in the police stand- off.
Witnesses told police they saw him shoot his estranged wife, Iris Ross as she tried to run away from him.
Then when they asked if she was fine, he said 'no' and pointed his gun at them before entering his apartment, where witnesses said they heard two or three more gunshots, ac- cording to police.
Anthony Milan Ross posted a Christmas video with his son, Nigel, 90-minutes before killing him, his baby sister and his ex- wife.
On Christmas afternoon Ross posted a touching video alongside his 11-year-old son, Nigel, singing 'Santa Claus is
Coming to Town.'
Just 90 minutes later police said the shooting rampage began.
Woman Set Afire While Pregnant By Ex Gets To Spend Holidays With Her Baby
BALTIMORE, MD —- An- drea Grinage was pregnant when she was set on fire by her ex-boyfriend, forcing her to de- liver her daughter six weeks early. However this holiday season, Grinage says she’s full of gratitude due to the over- whelming support from her friends, family and neighbors.
CBS Baltimore spoke with Grinage on Christmas Day and she said while she was still in the hospital recovering from her burns, her family cared for baby Journey. “My family was caring for her, and then I
Andrea Grinage spends hol- idays with her daughter, Jour- ney.
got limited use of my left hand,
so it was kind of difficult to do things with her on my own,” Grinage said.
Despite the charitable ef- forts by many, Grinage, who received burns to 90% of her body, says holding Journey is sometimes bittersweet. “A lot of times when I see her, I see her dad,” she said. “I didn’t meet her until she was two months, so lately we’ve been able to bond.”
Journey’s father, 34-year- old Laquinn Phillips was charged with arson, attempted murder and assault.
Irate Postal Worker Kills His Supervisors
DUBLIN, OH —-An irate postal worker in Ohio facing termination has been charged with aggravated murder for shooting his supervisor at the post office, and with murder for killing a postmaster out- side of her apartment com- plex.
DeShaune Stewart, 24, was naked during both fatal encounters that took place on Saturday morning. (Dec. 23).
According to Sgt. David Si- cilia, Stewart was scheduled to walk his normal mail route however, he shot and killed his supervisor Lance Dempsey, 52, shortly before 4:30 a.m. at the Dublin post office.
Stewart then reportedly drove to Columbus where he’s accused of murdering post- master Ginger Ballard, 53, outside her apartment com- plex.
Ballard’s body was found in between two cars. Dispatch- ers received a 911 close to 7:15 a.m. about a man with a gun
DeShaune Stewart killed his two supervisors. He was naked when he carried out the work- place violence.
chasing a woman outside her home.
Upon arrival, law enforce- ment arrested Stewart and recovered a handgun after he attempted to run away.
Sicilia described the events to reporters as “workplace vi- olence” between a suspect seeking revenge against his su- pervisors who were about to fire him.
Got AT&T? You May Be Getting Refunds In Mobile Cramming Case
Nearly three million current and former AT&T customers will be receiving a refund from the wireless provider for mo- bile cramming.
Not familiar with ‘mobile cramming’? It’s a phrase that describes when mobile compa- nies team up with third-party marketers to put phony charges on your monthly bill.
According to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), AT&T was billing customers $9.99 each month for ring- tones, wallpapers and ‘pre- mium text message services’ like love tips, horoscopes and fun facts.
The first refunds were is- sued on December 8, 2017.
Of course, AT&T isn’t the only wireless provider to ever play this game. Verizon and Sprint were taken to task for the same thing last year.
But now it’s time for AT&T to pay the piper. The company will dish out more than $88 million in refunds to more
than 2.7 million customers. That’s the most money ever returned to consumers in a mobile cramming case, accord-
ing to clark.com.
Nearly 2.5 million current
AT&T customers should look for a bill credit within the next 75 days, according to the FTC.
More than 300,000 former customers should look for a check in the coming weeks. The first round of checks went out in the mail on Dec. 8.
You can expect that average refund amount to be $31.
If you have questions about your refund, call the refund ad- ministrator at 1-877-819-9692.
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